A Sampling of Clips for August 3^rd, 2009

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Crucial Finding Advances Spinal Cord Injury Research
U.S. News & World Report, Aug. 3 -- In a finding that is a major advance in spinal cord injury research, scientists at the UCSD School of Medicine report that regenerating axons can be guided to their correct targets where they can re-form connections after spinal cord injury. More

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Giant Ocean-Trash Vortex Attracts Explorers
National Geographic, July 31 -- It may lack the allure of the North Pole or Mount Everest, but a Pacific Ocean trash dump twice the size of Texas is this summer's hot destination for explorers. This summer, two separate expeditions, including one with researchers from the Scripps Institution of Oceanography at UCSD, will set sail for the patch to document the scope of the problem and call global attention to disastrous ocean pollution. More

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He Protests Too Much
Newsweek, Opinion, Aug. 1 -- India has embarked on an agenda of reforms—partly with help from the United States, but mainly for its own internal reasons—that is already putting it on a path to lower emissions. The government is implementing big programs on energy efficiency. (Written by David G. Victor, a professor and director of the Laboratory on International Law and Regulation at UCSD’s School Of International Relations and Pacific Studies) More

7 Ways Your Siblings May Have Shaped You
U.S. News & World Report, July 31 -- Ah, siblings: both a blessing and a curse. Approximately 80 percent of Americans have at least one brother or sister; in fact, kids today are more likely to grow up with a sibling than a father, experts say. What's more, the sibling relationship is the longest relationship that most people will have in their lives. (Quotes Patricia East, a research scientist at the UCSD School of Medicine) More

Borrego Solar Plans to Sell Power
San Diego Union-Tribune, Aug. 3 -- El Cajon-based Borrego Solar said it has obtained $30 million in financing that will allow it to expand beyond its commercial-solar-installations business to owning systems and selling the power to others. Borrego Solar's largest installations in the county, at UCSD and the Padre Dam Municipal Water District in Santee, were funded by other companies through such agreements. More

Teams Rise to the Challenge for Robotic Submarine Event
San Diego Union-Tribune, Aug. 3 -- The 12th International Autonomous Underwater Vehicle Competition wraps up today at SPAWAR Systems Center Pacific, or SSC Pacific, in Point Loma. The five-day event features student-built robotic submarines attempting to navigate a creative underwater course. Students from UCSD, San Diego State University, San Diego City College and San Diego Mesa College are participating. More

Universities Vie for Students with Upscale Housing
San Diego Union-Tribune, Aug. 3 -- One look at the 15-story transfer student apartment building, nearing completion at the northwest corner of the UCSD campus, should raise the ambitions of community college scholars to complete their education there. More

Can-Do Spirits!
San Diego Union-Tribune, Aug. 2 -- Stacy Slagor had never entered a cooking contest in her life, but she couldn't resist the San Diego County Fair's SPAM recipe competition this summer. “I like SPAM and I like the fair, so why not?” figured the 40-year-old UCSD employee. More

The High Cost of Healthcare
KPBS, Aug. 3 -- While Senators and members of Congress are back in their home districts, they say they will spend their time listening to the people about what, if anything, should be done about the nation's healthcare system. That is exactly what we are hoping to do this hour on These Days. Guests include Norah Schwartz, professor of medical anthropology and public health at the Colegio de la Frontera Norte in Tijuana and adjunct professor at SDSU and UCSD. More

Survey: Calif. Hospitals Not Ready for Earthquake Retrofit Deadline
KPBS, July 31 — A new survey finds most hospitals in California won't meet the state's 2013 deadline for seismic retrofitting. The state could force those hospitals to close their doors. UCSD hospitals will complete their seismic retrofitting this fall. (Quotes Richard Liekweg, CEO of UCSD Medical Center) More

Local Colleges
San Diego Union-Tribune, Aug. 1 -- Vincent Nguyen, co-captain of UCSD's tennis team, has been selected as one of 10 recipients of the 2009 Intercollegiate Tennis Association Arthur Ashe Jr. Leadership and Sportsmanship Award. Nguyen, who has a 3.77 GPA, will be honored in New York on Aug. 29. More

How Will the University of California Survive the Budget Cuts?
San Diego News Network, July 31 -- Last Saturday’s San Diego Union Tribune article on the UC budget meltdown drew heavily on a letter that was signed by 23 department chairmen at UCSD. (Written by Jorge Mariscal, director of the Chicano-Latino Arts and Humanities Program at UCSD) More

Philanthropy Spotlight: The UC San Diego Foundation
La Jolla Light, July 29 -- As UCSD continues to grow, private support plays an increasingly important role in continuing the university's local impact, national influence and global reach. The UCSD Foundation, a nonprofit corporation established in 1972, is the conduit and repository for charitable gifts to the university and helps to guide the strategy for ongoing fundraising efforts. More

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